nnovation in the automotive world, combined with growing environmental awareness, has thrust all-electric vehicles more into the mainstream. Consumer acceptance, government support, and the billions of dollars invested by auto manufacturers have been a boon to the industry. Electric cars are no longer just for the environmentally minded; they now actually make financial sense. But […]
A new illness infecting the auto industry—a global shortage of semiconductor chips—has replaced the coronavirus and is causing new vehicle inventories to nosedive. There is more demand than supply and that is the headline on the vehicle side. Automakers are halting or slowing production because of chip and supplier shortages, and the result is a […]
President Joe Biden seized an opportunity to tout a $174 billion electric vehicle plan during a visit to the Ford Motor electric vehicle plant in Michigan on Tuesday. The real question is whether we’ll lead, or we’ll fall behind in the race for the future, or whether we will build these vehicles and the batteries […]
Clearwater, Fla — Automotive marketing solutions provider AutoLoop announced it has completed the Reynolds Certified Interface (RCI) program for the Reynolds and Reynolds POWER Dealer Management System (DMS). This new certification allows data to be exchanged safely and securely from a POWER DMS to AutoLoop’s next-generation software. “We’re thrilled to be a designated RCI partner,” […]
Germany is wrestling over the future of the diesel, with proposals for driving bans in some cities to reduce air pollution clashing with an industry that employs scores of workers. With some urban areas failing European Union air-quality standards, Munich, Stuttgart and Hamburg are among big cities in the country considering restricting older diesels. Carmakers […]
Daimler is voluntarily recalling more than three million Mercedes-Benz diesel cars in Europe for an update that will reduce their NOx emissions. The company will extend an ongoing upgrade of about 250,000 compact cars and vans to nearly every modern Mercedes diesel on the road. With the recall, Daimler is seeking to head off a […]
NUERBURGRING, Germany — Porsche will decide at the end of the decade whether its latest generation of diesel engines will be its last, CEO Oliver Blume told Reuters, the first time a German carmaker has said in public it could discontinue diesel. Volkswagen’s widespread diesel emissions violations have cast a shadow over its Porsche division […]
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